Reply #84: Thank you for your post. It is very inspiring. [View All]

[DURHAM D]

Cheers to you for your accomplishments and congrats to you for your personal triumph.

Today I am thinking about my grandmother. She died during WWII - shortly after I was born. Her family was embarrassed by her and constantly pressured her to stop her advocacy for the vote. But she was a proud and strong suffragist and just ignored them. I have a picture of her in a parade wearing all white - my father (a toddler at the time) also dressed all in white is holding her hand.

This past Christmas my Dad and I talked about the strong and uppity woman I never knew. He wept as he talked about how proud and happy she would be about Hillary's candidacy. He also said she would be mad as hell that it took about 75 years too long to get here.

A toast to my grandmother - her name is Ethel.